John Denver – Berkeley Woman (Guitar)

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[Intro] G G G G [Verse 1]
  G
I saw a Berkley woman

C                      G
Sittin' in her rockin' chair

  G
A dulcimer in her lap

  D7
A feather in her hair

    G
Her breasts swayed freely

         C                     G
With the rhythm of the rockin' chair

          C                           G
She was a-sittin' and a-singin' and a-swayin'

    D7                  G
Her cheeks were red I declare
[Interlude] G [Verse 2]
     G
Twas hard to believe

        C              G
What my eyes showed me then

    G
The colour in her cheeks

    D7
Was just her natural skin

    G
She wore no makeup

   C                  G
To make her look that way

C                 G
 She was a natural mama with the red cheeks

D7              G
What more can I say
[Interlude] G [Verse 3]
       G
Well I finally realised

          C            G
There was hunger in my stare

G
In my mind I was swayin'

         D7
With the woman in the rockin' chair

        G
But the lady I was livin' with

    C                    G
Was standin' right by my side

    C                    G
She saw my stare and she saw my hunger

    D7               G
And Lord it made her cry
[Interlude] G [Verse 4]
        G
So with anger on her face

            C           G
Yes and the hurt in her eyes

    G
She scratched me and she clawed me

    D7
She screamed and she cried

        G
"Oh you don't give me near

        C               G
All the lovin' that you should

           C               G
Yet you're ready to go and lay with her

D7                  G
You're just no damn good?
[Interlude] G [Verse 5]
      G
Well I guess she's probably right

     C                  G
Oh I guess I'm probably wrong

  G
I guess she's not too far away

    D7
She hasn't been gone very long

      G
And I guess we could get together

    C                 G
And try this one more time

      C               G
But I know that wanderlust would come again

D7                   G
She'd only wind up a-cryin'
[Interlude] G [Verse 6]
     G
Well now you've heard my story

C                     G
Plain as the light of day

     G
It's hard to feel guilty for lovin' the ladies

D7
That's all I gotta say

         G
'Cept a woman is the sweetest fruit

     C                   G
That God ever put on the vine

    C                 G
I'd no more love just one kinda woman

     D7                   G
Than drink only one kinda wine
[Interlude] G G G C G G G D7 D7 [Tag]
       G
Well a woman is the sweetest fruit

     C                   G
That God ever put on the vine

    C                 G
I'd no more love just one kinda woman

     D7                   G
Than drink only one kinda wine
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